| Description |
1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Website ad -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Applied anatomy of the ear -- The ear -- External ear -- Middle ear -- Inner ear -- Anatomical relations of the ear -- 2 Physiology of hearing -- Physiology of hearing -- Types of hearing loss -- 3 Testing the hearing -- Voice tests -- Tuning fork tests -- Pure tone audiometry -- Evoked response audiometry -- Otoacoustic emissions -- Hearing tests in children -- Tympanometry -- 4 Hearing loss -- Epidemiology and classification -- Sudden sensorineural hearing loss -- Diagnosis and management -- 5 The pinna |
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Protruding ears (bat ears) -- Congenital malformations -- Trauma to the external ear -- Inflammation of the pinna -- Tumours of the external ear -- 6 Earwax and foreign bodies in the ear -- Earwax -- Foreign bodies -- 7 The external auditory canal -- Congenital anomalies -- Inflammation and infection -- Tumours -- 8 Acute otitis media -- Acute otitis media -- Clinical presentation -- Treatment and prognosis -- 9 Perforated eardrum -- Chronic suppurative otitis media -- Presentation -- Treatment of a perforated eardrum -- Cholesteatoma -- Trauma to the middle ear -- 10 Otitis media with effusion |
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Definition -- Incidence and aetiology -- Effects -- Presentation and diagnosis -- Management -- 11 Tinnitus -- Definition -- Incidence -- Aetiology -- Effects on the patient -- Investigations -- Management -- 12 Physiology of balance -- Physiology of balance -- 13 Balance disorders -- Presentation -- Examination -- Otological causes of vertigo -- 14 The facial nerve -- Applied anatomy -- Facial palsy -- Causes of facial palsy -- Management of facial paralysis -- 15 The nose and paranasal sinuses: applied anatomy and examination -- Paranasal sinuses -- Physiology -- Examination of the nose |
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16 Epistaxis -- Applied basic science -- Aetiology -- Management of epistaxis -- Complications -- 17 The nasal septum -- Septal deviation -- Septal perforation -- Septal haematoma -- Alar collapse -- 18 ENT trauma: I -- Nasal trauma -- ENT trauma: II -- Ear trauma -- Neck trauma -- 19 Acute rhinosinusitis -- Definition -- Pathophysiology -- Clinical features -- Management -- Complications -- 20 Chronic rhinosinusitis and nasal polyposis -- Definitions -- Pathophysiology -- Nasal polyps -- Clinical features -- Clinical examination -- Management |
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21 The pharynx and oesophagus: basic science and examination -- The pharynx -- Examination of the pharynx -- 22 The nasopharynx and adenoids -- The nasopharynx -- Adenoids -- Adenoidectomy -- Rare nasopharyngeal conditions -- 23 Pharyngeal infections -- Aetiology -- Investigation -- Complications and outcome -- Unusual pharyngeal infections -- 24 Tonsillectomy -- Tonsils -- Diseases of the tonsils -- Tonsillectomy -- 25 Swallowing disorders -- Definitions -- Aetiology -- Investigation of dysphagia -- Swallowing problems in the elderly -- 26 The oral cavity and tongue -- The oral cavity |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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The tongue |
| Subject |
Ear -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Nose -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Otolaryngology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Throat -- Diseases -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118467992 |
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111846799X |
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